Limelight Magazine
October 2025
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and Heggie have worked in recital and on song cycles, so it’s little surprise that she delivers an incandescent performance.
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Limelight Magazine
San Francisco Chronicle
September 2025
“It shows you the story from all the different aspects,” Barton said. At no point does it tell you, ‘You have to be on his side,’ or ‘You shouldn’t be on his side. I’m so glad it’s Jake Heggie who wrote this because he really knows how to flesh out a human story, and Sister Helen Prejean is as human as it gets in so many ways.”
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Gramophone Magazine
August 2025
When Barton first heard “Look Me in the Eye,” one of the big arias in Jake Heggie’s opera Intelligence, the power of the music left her in tears. She would participate in the 2023 world-premiere performance of Intelligence. Now, a live recording of that world premiere by Houston Grand Opera is being released by HGO and LSO Live.
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Gramophone Magazine
August 2025
This live recording of Jake Heggie's Intelligence was made during the world-premiere run of performances at Houston Grand Opera. Intelligence tells the true story of two women who ran a Union spy ring during the American Civil War.
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Opera Magazine
July 2025
"Dead Man Walking resonates with audiences 25 years after it debuted because the death penalty is still in effect for so many states. And whatever your opinions on the subject matter may be, this opera will meet you where you are. It doesn't tell you what to think, but it absolutely requires you to see it from multiple points of view.”
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